Jeffery Williamson, 45, of Covington, Ohio, was too old to join the military after 9/11 but when the U.S. government raised the age limit, he enlisted that day as a private, at age 41, and is deployed in Afghanistan, already having served in Iraq. | David Belluz/MCT45-Year-Old U.S. Infantryman Does Heavy Lifting In Afghanistan -- McClatchy News
ASHEQEH, Afghanistan — Jeffery Williamson was so angered by the 9/11 attacks that he decided to join the military, only to be told that at 36, he was a year too old to enlist. Five years later, on the day the Army raised the age limit to 42, he joined at 41. He's served in Iraq, and now he's back on the front lines, this time in Afghanistan.
Not only is Williamson, who's now 45, a soldier, he's an infantryman in the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell. Ky. Here's how the Army describes the requirements:
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My Comment: Most men at this age are thinking of their kids college fund and maybe taking some more time off. But it appears that Jeffery Williamson has a different calling.